A recently married young woman in front of a dilapidated building in Awka, northern Igboland. She stands next to what Bolinder notes [in Swedish]:

when a daughter marries, the father puts out such a character that appears in the picture outside his house.“

Location: Oka, Alaigbo | Date: 1930-31 | Credit: Gustaf Bolinder

Igbo policeman mask

Unfinished [Igbo] mask of Policeman.

— G. I. Jones

Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1930s | Credit: G. I. Jones

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Igbo notables and Ozo staff, 1900-1915.

Women of Arochukwu, 1903

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Onitsha people, 1905-11

People of Onitsha shot by Robert Mcwhirter, 1905-11.

Igbo woman wearing a wig

Young married woman from Achalla Awka wearing a wig, north-central Igbo area, Nigeria. Photo: K. C. Murray, 1939.

Igbo people taken to Jamaica

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